USA: Tesla outsells Mercedes-Benz in Q3 2018

Tesla sold 69,925 units of its electric vehicles in the period July - September 2018. It has outsold Mercedes-Benz, which sold 66,542 units in the same period.

The company has, for the first time, beaten the sales of the German company in the USA. The electric carmaker has also started production of the dual motor Model 3 of which, 5,300 units were made in the last week of Q3 2018.

In the same period, BMW sold 71,697 units, 1,754 more than Tesla. However, Tesla is expected to surpass BMW in Q4 of 2018.

Tesla has also revealed that it delivered 83,500 vehicles worldwide during the period July - September 2018.

Source: Business Insider